Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- The cyberstalking trial of the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore stalled at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday earlier scheduled for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Joash Amupitan, to appear on subpoena.

The case was rescheduled for 17 November after court officials informed Mr Sowore and the prosecution lawyers at about 11 a.m. that Judge Mohammed Garba Umar could not sit because he was indisposed. About 28 other cases on the cause list were also adjourned.

The federal government, through the State Security Service (SSS), is prosecuting Mr Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, over social media posts in which he described President Bola ...